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| source : web1913 |
Martinet \Mar"ti*net`\, n. [So called from an officer of that
name in the French army under Louis XIV. Cf. {Martin} the
bird, {Martlet}.]
In military language, a strict disciplinarian; in general,
one who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of
discipline, or to forms and fixed methods. [Hence, the word
is commonly employed in a depreciatory sense.]
| source : web1913 |
Martinet \Mar"ti*net`\, n. [F.] (Zo["o]l.)
The martin.
| source : wn |
martinet
n : someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
[syn: {disciplinarian}, {moralist}]